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Congress invoked the Railway Labor Act, passed nearly a century ago, that forced the four remaining rail unions that had rejected the Biden Administration's brokered deal largely due to a lack of stipulations for paid time off, to accept it, avoiding a nationwide strike. But a Gillette union leader indicated there are potential positives for rail unions and workers in their relationships with the the railroads.